Political Class Dismissed: The Blog

The tax revolt, which the slime balls in the political class wish had never happened, is alive and well.

Tomorrow, at 11am, there is a Free NY press conference to call for the permanent elimination of the state gas tax, about 32 cents a gallon.

Tuesday at 11am at 1264 Main St. at Northamption, Buffalo.

Please stop by for half an hour to show your support.

At 6-8pm tomorrow, Lee Bordeleau is having a dinner meeting to discuss his proposed class action lawsuit to stop illegal state spending on corporate welfare and member items.

The meeting is open to those interested in joining the lawsuit or getting further information.

Tuesday, the 6th at 6-8pm downstairs back room at

JP Bullfeathers
1010 Elmwood Ave
Buffalo, New York 14222
Phone: (716) 886-1010

Please let Lee know if you are coming so he can reserve the space.

lee.bordeleau@raymondjames.com

Buffalo: the frontline in America’s war against big government.

You are hearing lots of phony baloney proposals for a gas tax holiday both state and federal.

Forget all that nonsense. On Tuesday at 11am at 1264 Main St. at Northamption, Buffalo, Free NY will unveil our proposal for a permanent elimination of the state gas tax!

And we will show how to cut the budget to pay for it too.

Be there! It’s a law of nature that all Free NY events are fun.

If you are from elsewhere in the state and want to do a simultaneous event in your area, please call Jim Ostrowski at 716-435-8918.

If you are in WNY, please come and bring a homemade sign–be creative!

It’s funny. Our opponents have predicted our demise since before our first big meeting. And not only are we still alive but we’re always on the cutting edge of real change.

Remember what Mark Twain, the great opponent of big government, said, “Rumors of Free New York’s death have been greatly exaggerated.”

The Anti-Imperialist League

Lee Bordeleau is holding a meeting tomorrow to discuss his plans to file a lawsuit concerning the improper expenditure of funds in the new state budget. He believes that the budget violates the constitutional ban on gifts to private corporations.

Tuesday, the 29th at 6pm downstairs back room at

JP Bullfeathers
1010 Elmwood Ave
Buffalo, New York 14222
Phone: (716) 886-1010

Please let Lee know if you are coming so he can reserve the space.

lee.bordeleau@raymondjames.com

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff,

-vs.- Civil Action No. 06-11753

Hon. Nancy G. Edmunds

PETER ERIC HENDRICKSON and
DOREEN M. HENDRICKSON,

Defendants.
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AMENDED JUDGMENT AND ORDER OF PERMANENT INJUNCTION [23, 24] Upon consideration of Plaintiff’s Motion to Amend Judgment, and any response thereto, good cause appearing, it is hereby

ORDERED, that Plaintiff’s Motion to Amend Judgment is GRANTED; and it is ADJUDGED and ORDERED that Defendant Peter Hendrickson and Defendant Doreen Hendrickson, (collectively, “Defendants”) are jointly indebted to Plaintiff for erroneous refunds for the 2002 and 2003 tax years as shown below: 2002 Tax Year $10,152.96, plus interest accruing on the amounts of the erroneous refunds or credits from April 15, 2003, pursuant to 26 U.S.C. §§ 6602 and 6621(a)(2) until paid. 2003 Tax Year $7,055.70, plus interest accruing on the amounts of the erroneous refunds or credits from April 15, 2004, pursuant to 26 U.S.C. §§ 6602 and 6621(a)(2) until paid.
$3,172.30, plus interest accruing on the amounts of the erroneous refunds or credits from October 4, 2004, pursuant to 26 U.S.C. §§ 6602 and 6621(a)(2) until paid.

PERMANENT INJUNCTION

In accordance with Rule 65 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Court makes the following findings of fact and sets forth the following conclusions of law.
1. Plaintiff commenced this action on April 12, 2006, to recover the federal income tax refunds made to Defendants for the 2002 and 2003 tax years, and to obtain a permanent injunction (1) requiring Defendants to amend their 2002 and 2003 federal income tax returns; and (2) prohibiting Defendants from filing or continuing to file federal income tax returns that falsely claim that they received “zero” or no taxable income.
2. Defendants are residents of Commerce Township, Michigan, within this judicial district, and were properly served with process on April 12, 2006.
3. During 2002 and 2003, Defendant Peter Hendrickson was employed by Personnel Management, Inc., and earned wages of $58,965 and $60,608, respectively, during those years.
2002 tax year
4. As required by law, Defendant Peter Hendrickson’s employer withheld federal income taxes ($5,642.20), social security taxes ($3,655.83) and Medicare taxes ($854.93) from his wages in 2002 and paid over those amounts to the IRS. Also, as required by law, Mr. Hendrickson’s employer issued him a Form W-2 Wage and Tax Statement that correctly reported his wages and those withholdings.
5. Defendant Doreen Hendrickson received $3,773.00 in non-employee compensation from Una E. Dworkin in 2002. As required by law, Dworkin provided her with a Form 1099 that correctly reported this non-employee compensation. Read the rest of this entry »

The Daily Paul website asked this question and since I wasn’t able to post on that site, here’s my answer.

1. We need to form a national PAC to support 25-50 good congressional candidates. It needs to be run by professional grade but hardcore people. Clearly, the people running Ron Paul’s campaign were in way over their heads. I wish them well in their future endeavors so long as it is something other than running the Revolution.

2. In each state, we need a state PAC and “people’s think tank.” In NY, where we have long and bitter experience fighting big government, we developed the model that can be applied everywhere. Our state PAC is Primary Challenge. Our think tank is Free NY. Check out our great blog to get acquainted. You’ll love it.

3. Don’t try to re-invent the wheel with your own tiny splinter group.

4. Forget the conspiracy crap and the tax protesting crap.

5. Forget the crap about Ron Paul being nominated this year. Get real.

6. Since I’ve been in the libertarian movement, we have been beset by infighting, turf battles, ego battles and sheer incompetence. Everything I have done since has been aimed at curing these problems.

Obama’s Foolish Consistency

by James Ostrowski

It’s a sign of our decadence that such an unimaginative piece of writing as Barack Obama’s speech on race could receive rave reviews. Given a rare opportunity to speak the truth about race in America, he chose instead to defame his grandmother and praise the rotting carcass of the Great Society. How can a man stuck in 1966 lead us into the future?

Obama is exactly wrong about race, democracy and government in America. His solution to troublesome relations among the races is more liberalism (democratic socialism), more spending programs and more civil “rights” enforcement. He is blind to the fact that more than fifty years of these approaches have failed the black community and worsened race relations. He wants to put more gas on the fire. Why? Because to speak the truth would mean repudiating his entire political philosophy.

No group has suffered more from tyrannical American government than blacks. Obama speaks positively of America’s “experiment in democracy.” Yet, slavery, Black Codes and Jim Crow were all democratic government policies. Slavery was built into the Constitution and obligated the federal government to protect the states from “domestic Violence.” Frankly, what blacks needed in those days was less democracy and more liberty. Yet, today, no group supports domestic big-government more enthusiastically. There is no mystery about why this is so. For just cause, blacks were suspicious of the majority and the state and local governments they controlled. They attributed their freedom from slavery to federal government intervention, again with just cause.

So, blacks initially voted Republican, in that era the big government party on all issues except slavery, and against the Democratic Party, which had been libertarian on most issues except slavery. When the Democrats in the 1930’s started to outbid the Republicans in their enthusiasm for federal government intervention, most blacks switched their loyalties to them. Though many Republican congressmen voted for the Civil Rights acts, the big honchos were Democratic Presidents so the loyalty of blacks to the Democrats was cemented.

Now, consider that almost every liberal Democratic policy except ending Jim Crow has hurt blacks tremendously since the New Deal. That’s the great tragedy. For historically plausible reasons, blacks have for many, many decades voted for the party of big government whose policies have caused them grave, continuing and worsening harm as a drive through any large American inner city will tell you. These include welfare, the drug war, government schools, urban renewal, eminent domain, occupational licensure, laws protecting racist unions, and the regulation of business in general which hits the newest and poorest entrepreneurs and workers the hardest.

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I’m writing a book about education policy in America. I would like to interview or get feedback from people who have taught in public schools, have attended them or have children in them. If you have experience with both private and public schools and can compare the two, that would be ideal.

Please contact me at jameso@apollo3.com. Confidentiality assured.

I have also started a thread on this issue on the Free NY forum.